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The story represents a peculiar confluence of Eastern religion and Western science, as Taylor’s spiritual state was achieved not as a result of meditation or prayer, but through the literal destruction of a portion of her brain. Her journey is, in many ways, the ultimate display of...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: A Stroke of Genius | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

At the end, one of the few survivors stands on a hill everlooking the remains of the bridge, its builder, and its destroyers, murmuring, for very good reason, “Madness...madness.” Such fine touches of irony pervade the film, giving it a refreshing tartness that...

Author: By Julius Novick | Title: At the Gary: The Bridge on the River Kwai | 6/2/2008 | See Source »

Kozol translated his early teaching experiences into “Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools,” his first book of non-fiction. Its selection for the National Book Award in 1968 ?...

Author: By Jeremy S. Singer-vine, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jonathan Kozol | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

Iceland carefully monitors its seismic activity, as well it ought to, for this isolated nation of just over 300,000 makes its home on a piece of volcanic rock that is among the most unpredictable pieces of land on the planet. Above the Earth's crust, its cosmopolitan and wealthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Loneliest Quake on the Planet | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

When the planes struck the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, Rick Rescorla embodied that spirit of survival. The head of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter at the World Trade Center, Rescorla believed that regular people were capable of great achievements, with a bit of leadership. He got Morgan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Survival Guide to Catastrophe | 5/29/2008 | See Source »

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